Tech all over the world: W3C Public Newsletter, 2008-12-08

Tuesday, December 09, 2008

W3C Public Newsletter, 2008-12-08

Dear W3C Public Newsletter Subscriber,

The 2008-12-08 version of the W3C Public Newsletter is online:
http://www.w3.org/News/Public/pnews-20081208

A simplified plain text version is available below.

Ian Jacobs, W3C Communications Team
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Mobile Web Made Easier with W3C mobileOK Tests Standard and Online
Checker

Today W3C made it easier to create content that will improve the
user experience on a broad range of devices. The W3C mobileOK
checker provides feedback on whether content is "mobileOK" and is
based on the W3C Recommendation also published today, "mobileOK
Basic Tests 1.0." "Clean content offers a number of benefits to
authors and users alike. The mobileOK checker does a nice job
helping you improve your content one step at a time," said Tim
Berners-Lee, W3C Director. Read the press release, Member
testimonials, and learn more about the Mobile Web Initiative.

http://validator.w3.org/mobile/
http://validator.w3.org/mobile/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/REC-mobileOK-basic10-tests-20081208/
http://www.w3.org/2008/12/mobileok-pressrelease.html.en
http://www.w3.org/2008/12/mobileok-testimonial.html
http://www.w3.org/Mobile/

Device Description Repository Simple API Is a W3C Recommendation

The Mobile Web Initiative Device Description Working Group has
published the W3C Recommendation of "Device Description Repository
Simple API." Web content delivered to mobile devices usually
benefits from being tailored to take into account a range of factors
such as screen size, markup language support and image format
support. Such information is stored in "Device Description
Repositories" (DDRs). This document describes a simple API for
access to DDRs, in order to ease and promote the development of Web
content that adapts to its Delivery Context. The Working Group also
published a Group Note of "Device Description Structures," an
expression language for the structured categorization of devices in
content adaptation. Learn more about the Mobile Web Initiative
Activity.

http://www.w3.org/2005/MWI/DDWG/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/REC-DDR-Simple-API-20081205/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-dd-structures-20081205/
http://www.w3.org/Mobile/

CSS Marquee Module Level 3 Updated

The Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) Working Group updated today the
Candidate Recommendation of "CSS Marquee Module Level 3." CSS
Marquee allows the designer to specify a "marquee" effect for the
display of overflow content; the content is animated and moves
automatically back and forth. Learn more about the Style Activity.

http://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/members
http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/CR-css3-marquee-20081205/
http://www.w3.org/Style/

Five XQuery Drafts Published

The XML Query Working Group published five Working Drafts today
relating to the XQuery language for querying and processing
structured information:
1. "XQuery Scripting Extension 1.0," giving procedural assignment,
blocks and synchronization to XQuery; together with the "XQuery
Scripting Extension 1.0 Use Cases" ;
2. "XQuery 1.1," adding new features to XQuery including windowing
and grouping, published together with "XQuery 1.1 Use Cases" and
" diffs" from the previous draft;
3. "XQueryX 1.1," giving a detailed XML representation of a parsed
query. This is a First Public Working Draft.

Learn more about the XML Activity.

http://www.w3.org/XML/Query/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-xquery-sx-10-20081203/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-xquery-sx-10-use-cases-20081203/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-xquery-11-20081203/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-xquery-11-use-cases-20081203/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-xqueryx-11-20081203/diff-from-20070123.
html
http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-xqueryx-11-20081203/
http://www.w3.org/XML/

Minor Update of "Cool URIs for the Semantic Web"

W3C updated the Interest Group Note "Cool URIs for the Semantic Web"
today to include a link to an errata page

http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/NOTE-cooluris-20081203/
http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/sweo/public/2008/Errata-in-CoolURIs.html

Eleven Publications Related to OWL 2

The OWL Working Group published eleven documents today relating to
the OWL 2 Web Ontology Language. OWL 2 extends "OWL," a core
standard of the Semantic Web, adding new features that users have
requested and that software providers are prepared to implement. Six
of these documents are last call drafts, indicating the Working
Group believes the technical work in those areas is done. The
documents are:
1. "Structural Specification and Functional-Style Syntax" (last
call)
2. "Direct Semantics" (last call)
3. "RDF-Based Semantics"
4. "Conformance and Test Cases" (last call)
5. "Mapping to RDF Graphs" (last call)
6. "XML Serialization" (last call)
7. "Profiles" (last call)
8. "Quick Reference Guide" (first public working draft)
9. "New Features and Rationale" (first public working draft)
10. "Manchester Syntax" (first public working draft)
11. "rdf:text: A Datatype for Internationalized Text" (first public
working draft)

The "Manchester Syntax" is an optional, alternative OWL
serialization; this document is expected to become a Note. The XML
datatype "rdf:text" was co-developed with the RIF Working Group for
use with RDF data. Please send comments by 23 January. Learn more
about the Semantic Web Activity.

http://www.w3.org/News/

W3C Questions and Answers Blog
* XML and language resources by Felix Sasaki
http://www.w3.org/QA/2008/12/xml_and_language_resources.html
http://www.w3.org/People/fsasaki/
* How to evaluate Web Applications security designs? by Dan
Connolly
http://www.w3.org/QA/2008/12/web_applications_security_requ.html
http://www.w3.org/People/Connolly/
* Past Q&A Blog ...
http://www.w3.org/QA/archive/

Upcoming Talks

* 9 December, Boston, MA, USA: Accessibility in a Web 2.0 World.
Shawn Henry presents at Web Design World - Boston 2008.
* 11 December, Karlstad, Sweden: Using Web Technologies and mobile
phones for Social Development: W3C Approach. Philipp Hoschka,
Stéphane Boyera present at 1st International Conference on
\"M4D\": Mobile communication technology For Development.
* View upcoming talks by country
http://www.w3.org/2004/08/W3CTalks?date=Recent+and+upcoming&coun
tryListing=yes&submit=Submit
* More talks...
http://www.w3.org/Talks/

Upcoming Meetings

* W3C Workshop on Semantic Web in Energy Industries; Part I: Oil &
Gas, 9-10 December
* W3C Workshop on Security for Access to Device APIs from the Web,
10-11 December
* W3C Workshop on the Future of Social Networking, 15-16 January
2009
* W3C Workshop on Speaker Biometrics and VoiceXML 3.0 , 5-6 March
2009
* Africa Perspective on the Role of Mobile Technologies in
Fostering Social and Economic Development, 1-2 April 2009
* More About Workshops...
http://www.w3.org/2003/08/Workshops/
* W3C Membership Meeting Calendar...
http://www.w3.org/Consortium/meetings

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